2 Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it. 3 For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay. 4 Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —
Habakkuk 2:2–4
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